ICHNEUMONINAE Latreille, 1802
(ichneumonine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Alomyini
alomyine ichneumon wasps
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 		Tribe 2 subtaxa 58 images 4 ident. refs
Eurylabini
a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons
Tribe 2 subtaxa 37 images 1 ident. refs
Eurylabus
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 37 images
Ichneumonini
a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons
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 		Tribe 132 subtaxa 3,944 images 136 ident. refs
Notosemini
a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons
Tribe 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Phaeogenini
phaeogenine ichneumons
Female (Click to open)
 		Tribe 31 subtaxa 786 images 24 ident. refs
Platylabini
a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons
Male (Click to open)
 		Tribe 13 subtaxa 183 images 18 ident. refs
Ichneumoninae (unidentified)
Unidentified Ichneumonine Ichneumon Wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Laboratoire: Insectes et environnement www.cthirion.eu/
Ashkan Masnadi-Yazdinejad, A. & Jussila, R. 2008 Contribution to the knowledge of ichneumonid wasps of Iran. Subfamilies Ichneumoninae, Pimplinae and Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Band 29: 1-28.
Brischke, C.G.A. 1880 *** Die Ichneumoniden der Provinzen West- und Ostpreussen - I Ichneumoni & II Tryphonides ***(Superseded) Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig Vol 4: 35-121.
Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. Zimmerini of Great Britain and Ireland https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm
Perkins, J.F. 1959 Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Part I, Ichneumonidae, keys to subfamilies and Ichneumoninae-1 Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VII. Part 2(ai), 116pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Rasnitsyn A.P. & Siytan U.V. 1981 Subfamily lchneumoninae A guide to the insects of the European part of the USSR in Kuslitzky, W.S. Banchinae, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae. Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR
Storey, M.W. 2016 The Ichneumon Files http://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm
Valemberg, J. 1983 Clef de Determination Inedite des Genres de la s/famille Ichneumoninae Ashmead 1900 Bulletin de la societe Entomologique du nord de la France.

Key To Subfamilies

Hackston, M. Family Ichneumonidae subfamily Ichneumoninae key to British tribes

Key To Tribes

Perkins, J.F., remastered by Storey, M. Ichneumoninae of Great Britain and Ireland - tribes https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm
Perkins, J.F. 1960 Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Ichneumonidae, subfamilies Ichneumoninae II, Alomyinae, Agriotypinae and Lycorininae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VII. Part 2(aii), 96pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Tereshkin, A.M. 2009 Illustrated key to the tribes of subfamilia Ichneumoninae and genera of the tribe Platylabini of world fauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 41 (2): 1317-1608.

ICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine ichneumon wasps)
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